Occurrence and predictors of pressure ulcers during primary in-patient spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-112

  Verschueren, J H M ^a   Post, M W M ^b   De Groot, S ^c,d   Van Der Woude, L H V ^d   Van Asbeck, F W A ^b   Rol, M ^a  

^a Sophia Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

incidence; predictors; pressure ulcer; risk assessment scales; risk factor; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; LOCOMOTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 78651266378     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.66     Document Type: Article

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